Lot 962
962
A RARE CARVED RED LACQUER CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
A RARE CARVED RED LACQUER CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
A RARE CARVED RED LACQUER CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
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PROPERTY FROM THE SPRINGFIELD MUSEUMS, SOLD TO SUPPORT ART ACQUISITIONS AND COLLECTIONS CARE
A RARE CARVED RED LACQUER CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER

MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY

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A RARE CARVED RED LACQUER CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
The cover is carved with two confronting chilong, one grasping a lingzhi stem in its mouth, reserved on a scroll ground. The sides of both box and cover are carved with lingzhi stems. The base is lightly inscribed with the signature Zhang Cheng zao (made by Zhang Cheng).
2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) diam.
Provenance
George Walter Vincent Smith (1832-1923), Springfield, Massachusetts, acquired prior to 1910.

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Lot Essay


A red lacquer box of larger size (23.5 cm. diam.) carved with similarly rendered chilong and lingzhi, in the Palace Museum, Bejing, is illustrated in Lacquer Wares of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties – 45 – The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2006, pp. 41-1, no. 25.

For a discussion of the master lacquer artist Zhang Cheng, whose signature is lightly incised on the base of the present box, see the note to lot 961.

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